Support for picture-frames, &amp;c.



PATENTED JAN 1'7, 1905.

J. MOHLBERG SUPPORT FOR PIGTURE FRAMES, 82:0.

APPLIUATIOIE FILED MAY 11. 1904.

INVENTOH n Ji /Z561 ATTOli/V No. veo,o52.

STATES Patented January 17, 1905.

JOHN MOHLBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE A.ALEXANDER, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORT FOR PICTTUHE-FRAMES, 61.0..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,052, dated January17, 1905.

Application filed May 11, 1904. Serial No. 207,420.

To all whmn it Ina/y concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN Monnnnno, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Supportfor Picture -Frames and Like Articles, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved support forpicture-frames and similar articles arranged to allow of moving thesupporting member into an active position for supporting the articleupright on a table, shelf, floor, or other surface and to permit ofconveniently swinging the supporting member into an inactive folded-upposition for shipping the picture-frame in compact form. r

The invention consists of novel features an parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a face view of the improvement, showing two supportingmembers in a folded position. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same, showingthe supporting members extended for holding the article in an uprightposition. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View of the same. Fig. 4 is anenlarged sectional face view of the improvement, showing one of thesupporting members in a non-active folded position. Fig. 5 is a likeview of the same, showing the supporting members in a supportingposition. Fig. 6 is a face view of one of the supporting members. Fig. 7is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modified form of theimprovement; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the modifiedform of supporting member.

The picture-frame A illustrated in the drawings is made of a suitablematerial, preferably metal, and is provided at its lower end with fixedlegs B, B, and B of which the legs B and .B are at the sides and the legB at the middle of the lower or bottom bar A of the frame A. Between thelixed legs B and B is arranged a turnableleg U, and a similar leg 0 isarranged between the fixed legs B and B. Each of the legs (3 and C isprovided at its middle with an upwardl v-extending pivot D, the head ofwhich is engaged at the under side by the free ends of flat springs E,secured to the bottom bar A of the pictureframe A. Each of the legs Cand (J is formed at the pivot D with a cut-out or recessed portion 0,adapted to fit into a cor respondinglyrecesscd portion A, formed in thebottom bar A, the recessed portion having its side walls formed bydepending flanges A, integral with the bottom bar A. On the top of eachleg U C and on opposite sides of the pivot D are arranged projections orpins F, adapted to engage openings or recesses A, formed in the bottombar A of the frame A, as will be seen by reference to Figs. 4 and 5.

When the legs U and C are in a folded-up position-that is, extendedlengthwise in alinement with the bottom bar A of the pictureframethenthesaid legs form ornamental bottom portions of the picture-frame, as willbe readily understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 2, and the said legsare held in .position against the under side of the bottom bar A by thesprings E pressing on the head of the corresponding pivot I). When thelegs are in this position, the projections or pins F engage the opcningsA to prevent accidental turning of the legs. By reference to Figs. 1 and4 it will be seen that the legs 0 and U when in this folded-up positionhold the fixed legs B, B, and B off the sumporting-surface of a table,shelf, or the like. ing-legs C and (1 are ornamented in harmony with theornamentation on the sides and top of the picture-frame, and as long asthe legs are in the folded-up position described the unity of theornamentation of the entire frame is not disturbed, and the frame may behung up on a wall or other support the same as any other ordinary1:)icture-frame. It is under stood that instead of two supporting-legs CC The supportonly one may be employed, the supportingleg then extendingbetween the two end legs B B, fixed on the frame, and the pivot beingthen located at the middle of the lower end of the frame.

lVhen it is desired to hold the picture-frame in an upright position onthe table, shelf, or like surface, then the operator takes hold of theleg C or C and pulls the same downward to disengage the recessed portionC from the flange A and then the operator gives a quarter-turn to theleg 0 or G and then releases the leg, so that the springE draws the legupward to engage the recessed portion C with the recessed portion A asillustrated in Figs. 2 and 5. lVhen this takes place, the sides of thelegs C and C are flanked by the flanges A to prevent accidental turningof the legs (1 and C on the picture-frame A, and at the same time thelegs C and C are drawn upward a suflicient distance to bring the bottomsof the legs U and (l in alinement with the bottoms of the fixed legs B,B, and B as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 2 and 5.

A picture-frame provided with two movable legs C and G, as described,affords practically seven points of supportthat is, two at the ends ofeach movable leg C and C and at the legs B, B, and B When the legs C andC are moved into the. transverse extended position, as described, andlocked therein, then a very firm stand or support is provided for theframe A to hold the same in an upright position on a table, shelf, orlike support.

If desired, the legs O and C may have cutout portions C on oppositesides of the pivot, as indicated in Figs. 7 and 8, to engage acorresponding cut-out portion of the bottom bar of the frame to preventthe legs C and C from accidentally turning when in an extendedpositionthat is, at the time the legs stand transverse to the frame A.In this case the flanges A are not necessary, as the out-out portions Con opposite sides of the pivot answer the same purpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 2. The combination with aframe, of a support for said frame, comprising a leg having aspring-pressed pivot for the leg to turn on, and projections on the leg,on opposite sides of the pivot, adapted to engage recesses in thepicture-frame.

3. The combination with a frame, of a support for said frame, comprisinga leg having a spring-pressed pivot for the leg to turn on, and meansfor locking the leg to the pictureframe when in an extended position.

1. The combination with a frame, of a support for said frame, comprisinga leg having a spring-pressed pivot for the leg to turn on, the legbeing recessed at the pivot to engage a registering recess on the frame,to lock the leg in an extended position.

5. A picture-frame provided at its lower end with fixed legs, and asupporting-leg mounted to turn on the said lower end of the frame,between the said fixed legs, the bottom of the supporting-leg when in afolded-up position lying in a different horizontal plane than thebottoms of the fixed legs and when the supporting-leg is extended thebottoms of all the legs lie in the same horizontal plane.

6. The combination with a picture-frame having fixed legs, of asupporting-leg pivoted on the frame, between the fixed legs, and havinga recessed portion adapted to engage a recessed portion on thepicture-frame.

7. The combination with apicture-frame having fixed legs, of asupporting-leg pivoted on the frame, between the fixed legs, and havinga recessed portion adapted to engage a recessed portion on thepicture-frame, and pins on the supporting-leg, adapted to engagereeesses in the frame.

8. The combination with a picture-frame having fixed legs and a recessedportion, the sides of which are formed by depending flanges, of asupporting-leg pivoted on the frame, between the fixed legs, and havinga recessed portion adapted to engage a recessed portion on thepicture-frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN MOHLBERG.

\Vitnesses:

THEo. G. HOSTER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

